Abstract

The influence of hydrogen adsorption on the electrodeposition of platinum was investigated using an electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) method and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). Three types of hydrogen adsorption were observed in a tetrachloroplatinate(II) solution by the EQCM method: UPD-H1, UPD-H2, and OPD-H in order from positive to negative potential. Platinum films were electrodeposited potentiostatically at 0 for UPD-H1, -0.1 and -0.2 for UPD-H2, and -0.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl for OPD-H. The amount of hydrogen desorbed by TDS, that is, the hydrogen incorporated into the films by electrodeposition, depended on the deposition potential. At the potential for UPD-H1, no hydrogen was incorporated into the bulk of the platinum films. At the UPD-H2 potential, hydrogen was uniformly incorporated in the platinum films at the content of ca. 0.02 in an atomic ratio of H/Pt. At the OPD-H potential, a fairly large amount of hydrogen, 0.1 of content, was incorporated uniformly in the platinum films.

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